Into your arms i came
when you bore me, very anxious you,
who were so alarmed at that monstrous moment
fearing that God might take me.

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Every one watched in silence
to see if the birth was going well
everyone washed thier hands
to be able to recieve the one who came from Heaven
and all the women were still afraid.

But when i emerged
from the place where you sheltered me so long
at once i drew my first breath
out once you cried out with joy
the first kiss was my grandmother's.

And she took me at once to the place
where they kept me, hidden away
everyone was forbidden to enter my room
because everyone smelt bad
and i all fresh, fresh breathed gently, wrapped in my napkins.

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But grandmother, who seemed like a mad woman,
always looking and looking again
because the flies came at me
and the mosquitoes harried me.

God who also watched over me was my old granny's friend.